Comment on Marvel calls for more reshoots on ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ after failed test screening
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoso they only hire directors who will churn out product and not push back.
Taiki Waititi? Sam Raimi? James Gunn?
I mean I get what you’re going for, but I would say that they’ve given the reign to some directors who are definitely allowed a little bit of freedom (in Waittiti’s case probably too much), and whose films outside of Disney are generally well regarded and are not considered directors who “churn out product.”
Oh, I absolutely do not begrudge anyone getting a paycheck, we all need to eat.
I don’t think any of the directors you mentioned would push back against studio interference though. There are directors who will trade control for a paycheck and there are ones who won’t. The ones who won’t often make more interesting movies.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They get more slack. But you can practically see the moment the Disney executive walks into the room, in Dr Strange 2, and starts making decisions over Raimi’s head.
Waititi figured out how to go with the flow and still churn good stuff in Love and Thunder. But so much of what he did was a deliberate subversion of Disney tropes, it feels like he hoodwinked the producers.
On the flip side, his series “Reservation Dogs” feels like something Disney would have put out thirty years ago, but has completely forgotten how to do anymore.
And because I’m in the mood to fight, I’m going to say Guardians (particularly 3) is highly overrated.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Big ups for Reservation Dogs, agreed. I actually also agree about the Guardians movies being overrated, but they’re still fun little romps. Gunn’s most subversive days are long past.